Staff at Carlito's Restaurant have received an influx of support from regular customers after the incident
A restaurant in Dundonald has been left to pick up the pieces after a group left without paying a £200 bill at the weekend.
Restaurant owner, Hasan Topal, has been working in the hospitality industry in Northern Ireland for the past 20 years. He said this is the first time he's seen an incident of customers not paying their bill to this extent. "The man from the group was finishing his drink, and the waitress was looking to see if they were all going to go without paying. She waited at the till and asked if he would like to come down to the bar and she would organise the bill.
Carlito's restaurant opened three years ago and has been "struggling along", first navigating the coronavirus pandemic and now enduring the rising cost of living. "If it was a couple of burgers or something and they left without paying, it wouldn't be such a big deal, but £216 is a lot. We're all very, very disappointed.
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